Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticePresident Donald Trump did not dismiss the idea of declaring a national security emergency around U.S. elections in order to unilaterally enforce his proof of citizenship, required voter ID and restrictions on mail-in-ballot voting in federal elections. “Let me just say that stranger things have happened, Ok. But his insinuation that a presidential election security measure could come before November aligns with his desire to impose new requirements to assert more control over U.S. elections. Trump has long insisted, without providing evidence, that U.S. elections can be “rigged” by fake ballots, voter fraud, tampering and more.